Name check
Is your company name already in the register? Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company in the KBO register already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector. Trademarks and domain names are checked separately.
“BAVEV”
An active company already has this name
The name is not unique in the register. In another sector the risk of confusion is smaller, but customers and search engines do not always make that distinction.
Also pick your activity to see whether a similar name exists in your own sector.
What this check does and does not say
- We compare against every name in the KBO register today: the name, the abbreviation and the trade names of enterprises and their establishments. Capitals, accents, punctuation and legal forms (bv, nv, srl, ...) do not count.
- This is not a trademark search and not legal advice on using the name. A name that is not in the register can still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the official registers of the Benelux Office for Intellectual Property (BOIP, boip.int) and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO, euipo.europa.eu).
- A domain name or a social media handle is also separate from the register.
Same or very similar names
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Full-service restaurants · Mol · since 2019
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Retail sale of pets, pet food and pet supplies · Hamme (Vl.) · since 1991
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Oudergem · since 1995
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Business and other management consultancy · Zaventem · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of HEB · Full-service restaurants · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2015
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Vermogensbeheer · Lanaken · since 2017
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Activities of building architects · Hove · since 2022
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Veterinary services · Rixensart · since 2025
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2016
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Groothandel in machines voor de productie van voedings- en genotmiddelen · Sint-Lievens-Houtem · since 1957
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Landscape service activities · since 2009
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Veterinary services · Pelt · since 2020
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Physiotherapy · Brecht · since 2022
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Activities of holding companies · Retie · since 2011
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · since 2006
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Name of an establishment of VRS INVEST A.O. · Joinery installation · Peer · since 2006
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Abbreviation of Brusselse Atletiekvereniging · Elsene · since 1979
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Abbreviation of BRAUNUNGSANLAGEN VERMIETUNGS-GESELLSCHAFT · Essen · since 1984
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Abbreviation of Belgische Asbestverwijdering · Storten of permanent opslaan · Herentals · since 2008
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Name of an establishment of Munteanu · Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Antwerpen · since 2006
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Soumagne · since 2026
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Sint-Niklaas · since 1989
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Business and other management consultancy · Zwevegem · since 1990
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Ternat · since 1996
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Destelbergen · since 2003
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Vervaardiging van niet-elektrische huishoudapparaten · since 2014
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Trade name of Bouwadvies Van de Velde · Activities of building architects · Lille · since 2016
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General electrical installation work · since 2016
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Arendonk · since 2007